Starting and Propagating Plants
A Grower's Guide
$35.54
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2027
Summary
Save money and ensure high quality by producing your own plants
Discover the proven plant propagation methods of Jean-Martin Fortier, renowned market gardener and pioneer of bio-intensive organic farming. In this practical and inspiring guide, Fortier reveals how to grow strong, healthy seedlings from seed to transplant-whether you’re a home gardener or a market farmer.
Inside you’ll learn how to:
- Start your own seedlings-indoors, under cover, or directly in the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781774060278 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1774060272 |
| Author: | Jean-Martin Fortier, Pierre Nessmann, Flore Avram, Laurie Bennett |
| Publisher: | New Society Publishers |
| Imprint: | New Society Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 133mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener |
Jean-Martin Fortier
Jean-Martin Fortier is a farmer, author, and educator who has been a leader in ecological agriculture for over twenty years. Since 2004, he and his wife have operated Les Jardins de la Grelinette, a 2-acre microfarm known as a model for effective human-scale organic farming.
In 2015, Jean-Martin founded La Ferme des Quatre-Temps, a research farm focused on training apprentices and developing innovative market gardening strategies, including year-round production. His methods are taught globally through the Market Gardener Institute, with a presence in over 90 countries.
Jean-Martin authored The Winter Market Gardener and The Market Gardener, which have sold over 250,000 copies in nine languages. He received the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada for his contributions to organic and regenerative agriculture. He farms and resides in Quebec, Canada.
Pierre Nessmann comes from a family of Strasbourg market gardeners and holds a degree from the École d’Horticulture de Genève in Switzerland. With over 40 years of experience as a landscape gardener and journalist, he is the assistant editor for the French gardening magazines Rustica Pratique and Rustica Weekly. He covers gardening and DIY stories for the French television network TF1 and hosts a gardening segment on the radio show Nous Voil Bien on RTL. Pierre has written several books on vegetable cultivation, gardening, and landscaping and lives in Paris, France.
Flore Avram is a freelance artist and graphic designer specializing in scientific and botanical illustration. She has worked with the French children’s publisher KiloWatt Editions and Inserm Magazine, a journal on health and biomedical research. Flore holds professional certifications in graphic design and scientific illustration from L’École Estienne. She also works as a Mediatrice en botanique at Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a French heritage site and eco-garden. She is based in Paris, France.
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